Milan, Italy
DURATION
1 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
18 Jun 2025
EARLIEST START DATE
22 Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 30,000 *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* to be paid in four installments
Key Summary
Introduction
Find the Right Way to Your Healthcare Career
The Master of International Healthcare Management, Economics, and Policy (MIHMEP) is a one-year full-time program in English, aimed at those who want to take on challenging global roles in the healthcare sector, whether it’s the private industry, government, or international organizations, or health service providers. We offer you a rigorous and specialized approach together with a global vision to broaden the horizons of healthcare management across all actors operating in the sector.
Why choose us?
Be the Game Changer in the Healthcare Sector
MIHMEP trains people to make a difference in several areas – industrial and public sectors, international organizations, private foundations, and non-governmental organizations involved in global health and development issues, academia, and health organizations – and can substantially contribute to developing and shaping healthcare, thus improving patients’ access to healthcare.
The Most Complete Training
MIHMEP combines management studies and practices with health economics, health policy, and public health, thus being the most comprehensive post-graduate program in healthcare.
A Specialized Approach Together with a Global Vision
MIHMEP is the only Master that mixes the private (business) and public views of healthcare by offering both general overviews and in-depth specializations in different sectors: Global Health & Development; Healthcare Management; and Pharmaceutical & Medical Technology.
A Challenging Program to Build a Solid Career
The program consists of 3 terms that provide core courses and specialization courses, plus a fourth term, during which you will participate in an internship within a healthcare organization, public institution, or private company in Italy or abroad.
Meet the Experts
Experts from healthcare organizations, industry, regulatory authorities, international organizations, non-governmental organizations, and consulting companies share their professional experience with MIHMEP students and give them a flavor of what their future work will be. This is also a great opportunity for students to strengthen their network.
A Top Faculty with Solid Research and Teaching Backgrounds
The Faculty is engaged in both research – carried out by the Center for Research on Health and Social Care Management at Università Bocconi – and management training – through the executive and customized programs designed and performed by SDA Bocconi School of Management for healthcare institutions, pharmaceutical companies, and many other organizations. Twelve worldwide experts – in the areas of healthcare management, economics, policy, governance, and global health – make up the Scientific Board, which provides the MIHMEP with scientific guidelines and contributions to its scientific curricula.
Milano, the Hub of Italy’s Healthcare System
Italy is an extraordinary laboratory of health policy and management. The Italian Healthcare system has been ranked 2nd by the World Healthcare Organization in its famous 2000 worldwide appraisal of health systems, and the 4th most efficient by Bloomberg 2018. Italy has the longest tradition of public health, the oldest medical schools in the world, and is at the forefront in many fields such as the approach to mental health, the first unmanned robotic surgery (in 2006), and many cutting-edge and pivotal new medical technologies.
Ideal Students
Who is it for?
MIHMEP is the right Master for you if:
- Your objective is an international career in the healthcare sector in private or public institutions, organizations, and industry.
- You want to make the difference and substantially contribute to developing and shaping healthcare, thus improving patients’ access to the most irreplaceable good and inalienable right: Health.
- You are looking for the original truly international master in healthcare management, economics, and policy.
- You want to be informed about cutting-edge thinking and skills in healthcare management and policy.
- You want to train in Italy, whose healthcare system has consistently been in the top 3 positions in the world since 2000, according to the World Healthcare Organization (WHO) and others.
Admissions
Curriculum
A Challenging Program to Build a Solid Career
The program consists of three terms that provide core courses and specialization courses, plus a fourth term, during which you will participate in an internship within a healthcare organization, public institution, or private company in Italy or abroad.
Structure XXVII Edition 2025-2026
Welcome Week
Get to know your school, your class, and your future through a series of interactive workshops on team building, cultural diversity, group dynamics, and public speaking.
Core Courses
The first term of MIHMEP is designed to provide students with the fundamental knowledge and skills needed to successfully act in the field of healthcare management, economics, and policy. At the end of the First Term students will choose a Specialization. The three options are Global Health & Development, Healthcare Management, and Pharmaceutical & Medical Technology.
Core Courses & Specializations
During the second term, students attend the other two core courses and start Specialization Courses.
Specializations
Students complete their Specialization Courses: Global Health & Development, Healthcare Management, Pharmaceutical & Medical Technology.
Internships
Internships are performed in pharmaceutical/medical device companies, national and regional health authorities, hospitals, health insurance organizations, NGOs, supranational organizations, research centers, and consulting companies, in Italy or abroad – all representing potential employment destination opportunities.
An Engaging Learning Model
Teaching involves a mixture of lectures and practical sessions together with group projects and seminars with an emphasis on discussion and problem-solving. These diverse methods give you opportunities for active and critical participation and strengthen teamwork and interpersonal skills.
In addition to normal teaching activities, the MIHMEP includes initiatives coordinated by professors, enabling you to associate course contents with real cases.
You will be enriched by a unique experience based on a continuous exchange of information, ongoing dialogue with the world of business and research, and debates and discussions with professors, guest speakers, and fellow students from different nationalities and cultural backgrounds.
The MIHMEP requires total dedication and maximum intellectual commitment. Class attendance is mandatory, thus the MIHMEP is incompatible with any additional professional activity.
Rankings
- 3rd European B-schools Bloomberg Businessweek
- 6th European B-schools Financial Times
- 1st Overall Satisfaction (WW) Global MBA Rankings Financial Times
Financial Times
- #6 European B-School Rankings 2025
- #2 EU - #4 WW Global MBA Rankings 2025
- #1 WW Environmental impact Global MBA Rankings 2024
- #5 EU - #6 WW Custom Education Rankings 2024
- #8 EU - #10 WW Executive Education Open Rankings 2024
- #14 EU - #23 WW Executive MBA Ranking 2024
The Economist
- #2 EU Full-Time MBA Ranking 2022
- #13 WW Full-Time MBA Ranking 2022
- #3 EU for Faculty Quality Full-Time MBA Ranking 2022
QS - Top MBA
- #10 EU QS Global MBA Rankings 2024 - Europe
- #21 WW QS Global MBA Rankings 2024
- #1 WW Return on Investment QS Global MBA Rankings 2024
- #7 WW QS Executive MBA Rankings 2024: Joint Programmes
Program Tuition Fee
Scholarships and Funding
Each year, SDA Bocconi School of Management – as well as companies and other organizations – offer multiple scholarships and tuition waivers. These are awarded on the basis of merit to candidates with an outstanding profile.
SDA Bocconi School of Management makes available tuition waivers to candidates with an outstanding profile.
Career Opportunities
MIHMEP graduates have gone on to rewarding careers in many healthcare fields. The main recruiting companies are public and private healthcare organizations, consulting firms, private companies, companies from the biopharmaceutical and medical device sectors, universities and research centers, Ministries of Health, and international organizations.